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EPIGENETIC STRESSORS. "Changes in chromatin methylation patterns are strongly produced following environmental stress and retained as a source of ‘stress memory’ [e.g. vernalization, whereby the flowering of plants requires priming by previous exposure to chilling.” https://lnkd.in/dH68RKn View in LinkedIn

EPIGENETICS AND BEHAVIOR. "In principle, behavioral responses can be modified or refined through the integration of environmental experiences (i.e. learning) via changes in chromatin status [modulated by acetylation and methylation of DNA and histone proteins. In fact, it is well documented that epigenetic variations can be induced by external stimuli." https://lnkd.in/dH68RKn View in LinkedIn

EPIGENETIC MEMORIES. "Additionally at the molecular level, the role of epigenetic reprogramming has been increasingly identified as a promising candidate mechanism for learning and memory storage in plants and more generally, across all taxa." https://lnkd.in/dH68RKn View in LinkedIn

MEMORY OR CHEMICAL CUES? "Similarly, the notorious example of dodder host selection can be re-told (i.e., narratively modeled) as simple attraction towards synchronous chemical cues produced by the prospective host." https://lnkd.in/dfsCv77 View in LinkedIn

GRAVITROPISM. "It has to be noted that gravitropism, albeit it can be described as a purely synchronous orientation towards an extrinsic gravity vector, apparently involves lasting imprints of the environmental stimulus at least in some plant organs, although it is unclear whether this “memory” is accessed also under natural conditions, or only in some experimental setups." https://lnkd.in/dfsCv77 View in LinkedIn

Flowstone is the same calcite material that the mediaeval sculptors used to make their remarkable alabaster creations. View in LinkedIn

TWO OPTIONS. "For instance, light-driven morphogenesis of tree crowns, or exploration of patchy environment by foraging clonal plants, can be convincingly approximated by a model that only requires the individual branches or ramets to avoid collision with congeneric neighbors and to adjust their branching and runner production according to present light conditions." https://lnkd.in/dfsCv77 View in LinkedIn

STARTLING REALIZATION. "Thanks to the impressive models constructed, in particular, by P. Prusinkiewicz and co-workers, we have to accept the startling realization that history, if included in the model at all, takes often only the form of constraints carried by the environment (such as e.g., shading by branches or leaves of the developing plant) rather than memory of the developing individual itself." https://lnkd.in/dfsCv77 View in LinkedIn